Aurora County

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Aurora County Courthouse
Aurora County Courthouse
administration
US state : South Dakota
Administrative headquarters : Plankinton
Foundation : 1879
Demographics
Residents : 2710  (2010)
Population density : 1.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1845 km²
Water surface : 11 km²
map
Map of Aurora County within South Dakota

Aurora County is a county in the state of South Dakota in the United States . 3,058 residents lived here in 2000. The county seat is Plankinton .

history

Aurora County was formed on February 22, 1879 and finally organized on August 29, 1881. It was named after the Roman goddess of dawn at the suggestion of a literary club founded by the women of the first settlers . Plankinton became a county seat , an act ratified by voters in November 1882.

The Underwood United Methodist Church is one of the county's nine entries in the NRHP.

Nine structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 29, 2018).

geography

The county covers an area of ​​1,845 square kilometers. Of these, 11 square kilometers (0.61 percent) are water surfaces. It is bordered clockwise by the counties: Jerauld County , Sanborn County , Davison County , Douglas County , Charles Mix County, and Brule County .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 4011 -
1910 6143 53.2%
1920 7246 18%
1930 7139 -1.5%
1940 5387 -24.5%
1950 5020 -6.8%
1960 4749 -5.4%
1970 4183 -11.9%
1980 3628 -13.3%
1990 3136 -13.6%
2000 3058 -2.5%
2010 2710 -11.4%
1900-1990

2000

Townships

The county is divided into twenty townships :

  • Aurora
  • Belford
  • Bristol
  • center
  • cooper
  • Crystal Lake
  • Dudley
  • Eureka
  • Firesteel
  • Gales
  • Hopper
  • Lake
  • Palatine
  • Flaps
  • Plankinton
  • Pleasant Lake
  • Pleasant Valley
  • Truro
  • Washington
  • White Lake

Cities, villages etc.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aurora County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 13 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Web links

Commons : Aurora County, South Dakota  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 43 ° 43 ′  N , 98 ° 34 ′  W